The 2008 Streetsie Awards, Part 5

Movement of the Year: This year we saw cities across the U.S competing to run the first, biggest and best Bogota-style Ciclovia events. San Francisco debuted Sunday Streets (after local activists sat Mayor Gavin Newsom down in front of Streetfilms' Ciclovia video and sold him on the idea), Portland and Chicago both called it Sunday Parkways, in south Florida it was Bike Miami and, of course, New York City experienced the phenomenal Summer Streets.

Best International Transportation Concept: The huge success of Paris's Velib has made it so that if you are a big city mayor and you want to be considered "green" you've got to have a public bike-sharing program in the works.

Maybe There is Hope After All Award: Obama dismisses Clinton and McCain's gas tax holiday "gimmick"
one week before the Indiana and North Carolina primaries and with gas
prices hovering somewhere around $4 -- and people still vote for him.

Welcome to the Future Award:Atlanta motorists used Twitter to locate service stations that haven't run out of gasoline.

America's Baddest Livable Streets Activists:Los Angeles's Crimanimalz.
It turns out the 405 and Interstate 10 are somewhat practical bike
routes during rush hour. When is someone going to try the BQE with a
camera on their helmet?

Coolest New Web App: New York City cyclists get their own online route mapping service with Ride the City.